Comments on: 20 Oklahoma legislators vote against recording gay pastor’s prayer in House Journal

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:27:37 +0000

Just further proof that, among the Southern states, Oklahoma continues to stand with such colossal embarrassments as South Carolina, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama. You know, all the great bastions of illiteracy, homophobia, fanaticism and general ignorance.

I say let the Confederacy have Oklahoma back, along with the rest of the South. They can take Utah, too, just for good measure and one small chunk of the West.

By: James Howells

James Howells — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:54:04 +0000

How many times has a minister making a prayer at the House refered to thier wife? I couldn’t say, because it would be considered insignificant to the members of the house. No matter if he jumped around naked screaming the Magna Carta, you record ALL comments made by someone on the house floor, having lived in OKC I understand, he would have wanted to suppress the comments no matter what he said becasue he was gay, and only the most extreme hatemongering members of the house. the OK House of Representatives has 101 members, 61 Republican and 40 Democrat.

By: John Wright

John Wright — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:21:11 +0000

Charles said: “This is a publicity stunt for attention”

If that’s the case, it worked.

By: Charles

Charles — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 23:25:53 +0000

The objection was to his remarks being recorded, not the prayer. The remarks stated the Pastors recognition to his fiancee, Michael in the gallery. This is not common practice, and to recognize him, he was making it a gay issue, and bringing it into the polital arena by motioning to have those remarks added was nothing but asking for special treatment. This is a publicity stunt for attention.

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By: Hardy Haberman

Hardy Haberman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 20:37:31 +0000

To me the most surprising item in this story is that there is an openly gay legislator in OK! Now that’s progress.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:51:54 +0000

We ought not have prayers in public buildings at all, nor should we have invocations out of doors for governmental events, whether state or federal.

This case only serves to underscore why it is that in this, our secular republic, the government is not supposed to get involved with religion in the first place.

By: Darla Reynolds-Sparks

Darla Reynolds-Sparks — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:20:02 +0000

These 20 legislators do not have the right to be called Christians. WWJD? Obviously, they do not follow Jesus Christ nor do they understand that all of God’s children are created equal in His eyes. God doesn’t make mistakes!!! For those who follow other belief systems, acceptance of all lpeoples should be their crede and I’m certain it probably is.

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By: cd

cd — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:31:15 +0000

I can’t believe Oklahoma has an openly gay State Rep, when Texas, so much larger, with so many big cities, has none.

But I am glad that Pastor Jones got to deliver the prayer. And no matter how much those 20 legislators want to pretend like a gay preacher didn’t just lead the Oklahoma House of Representatives in prayer, HE DID!!!

But isn’t Sally Kerns’s son gay too.

Bishop T.D. Jakes of the Potter’s House apparently has some trouble with his gay son too.

He got arrested in a gay sex sting at Kiest Park

http://brandonna.blogspot.com/